A judge blocked Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R) request to delay Tuesday’s election until June 2 as the coronavirus outbreak shut down everyday life across America, expressing unease with the precedent such an 11-hour decision would set.
This does not sound like graceful acceptance of a courtroom defeat. Also, many, many Americans gave their lives in support of free and fair elections, so piss right the eff off, Governor.
Elections matter more.
Otherwise, this could become Trump’s Reichstag Fire.
Mail in elections. We had elections during the Civil War, World War I and World War II, We can do this.
Dewine is showing his true colors. Facist, unamerican, Putinist. Trump ass licker.
Ms. Riga, please do not allow English to die with the rest of the planet.
It’s “eleventh” or “11th”.
Thank you!
You missed “Sandersist”.
It’s official, a GOP swing state governor is unilaterally canceling elections.
ETA: The very thing he claimed he didn’t have the power to do when he asked a court to do it for him.
So they decided that the courts had no power over them?
Nice checks and balances we used to have
The lawsuit sought to prevent the state from holding the election. Court decided it did not have that power, so DeWine decided he did and shut democracy down.
Oh, I get that… So what happens now? Court says yes, gov says no, do people show up tomorrow to vote…
Wow… We’re really in new times. This is the sort of shit that ends in revolutions.
Louisiana has moved its April primary to June- too.
My point is, they are two different questions.
Lawsuit: Court, will you please shut down this election?
Court: Sorry, I don’t have the authority to do that.
DeWine: Fuck all that democracy. I’m shutting this bitch down.
Per statutory authorization, and with bipartisan support of the Democratic governor and (IIRC) the Republican secretary of state.
Ah. Thanks for breaking that down into simple terms. Thought the court was blocking it.
So his shit isn’t actually at odds with the decision.
What’s up? On or not?
Plainly contrary in spirit, but not in settled law. What’s egregiously scary about this is the GOP asshole governor’s unilateral exercise of authority to kill democracy without statutory or judicial approval. Plus, of course, the obvious eagerness to kill democracy.
The Reichstagvirus.
Not, according to Mike DeWine.
Set aside the wisdom of holding an in-person election during the early stages of a pandemic. The malevolence of canceling an in-person election without prior authorization is stunning.
Actually the situation is a democracy/health mess. They are having trouble getting volunteers to work the polls, polling places that people are used to going to have been changed because of locations in schools, nursing homes, etc. I’m not sure that the health director’s authority came up in the decision. In addition, they are thinking of going to vote by mail which could really be a test run to improve the toxic voting environment in the buckeye state. So there are unintended consequences blooming all over the place.
